Mists of Pandaria: Priest Class Preview

Today's class preview takes a look at Sacerdotes in Mists of Pandaria. Armor sets have undergone many revisions since we first previewed them, with the Priest Challenge Mode set being completely new! We also have a look at all the new abilities, lists of talents, and screenshots as usual.

4 piece: Delitto e Castigo: When your Vampiric Touch is dispelled, the dispeller and all nearby enemy targets within 6 yards are instantly feared in horror for 3 sec.

Click the cut to learn about the new abilities!

New Abilities

Spell Effects

Derevka was kind enough to get video footage of the level 90 priest talents for us!

: Launches a Holy bolt at the target that grows in power as it travels, which causes up to 10108 (+ 97.5% of SpellPower) damage to an enemy, or up to 10108 (+ 97.5% of SpellPower) healing to an ally. This effect can bounce from allies to other allies, or from enemies to other enemies. Each time it bounces it will split into 2 bolts, preferring farther away targets, and never hitting the same target twice. Cascade can bounce up to 3 times.

Aureola: Creates a ring of Holy energy around you that quickly expands and grows in power, up to 30 yds away. Deals up to 15163 to 25270 (+ 195% of SpellPower) Holy damage to enemies, and up to 25271 to 42117 (+ 325% of SpellPower) healing to allies, with the greatest effect at 25 yds.

Stella Divina: Fires a Divine Star in front of you, traveling 24 yds, causing 2528 to 4211 (+ 32.5% of SpellPower) Divine damage to all enemies and 2528 to 4211 (+ 32.5% of SpellPower) healing to all allies within 6 yds of its path. After reaching its destination it will return to you, also dealing damage and healing to all targets in its path.

Glifo - Nuvole, minor glyph: Your Levitate targets will appear to be riding on a cloud for the duration of the spell.

Glifo Carbonizzato, major glyph: You can now cast Binding Heal, Flash Heal, and Renew without cancelling Shadowform.

Piuma Angelica, level 30 talent: Place a feather at the target location. If allies walk through it, they gain 60% increased movement speed for 4 sec. Only 3 feathers can be placed at one time. Accumulates an additional charge once every 10 sec.

New ability: Involucro Spirituale. For the next 15 sec, your Heal, Flash Heal, Greater Heal, and Prayer of Healing no longer heal but instead create absorption shields that last 15 sec.

is Discipline only and no longer grants mana.

Parola del Potere: Scudo will not be able to be as liberally applied due to mana regeneration changes. Estasi removes the cooldown of PW:S, but the overall regeneration will be lower in MoP than in Cata initially.

Chakras are on a shared 30 second cooldown. In addition, two have been slightly changed: and .

now procs off Prayer of Healing as well.

Shadow Changes:

is a resource that has been reworked. Generated by Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death. Used to cast Devouring Plague and empower Psychic Horror. Formerly, when the priest casts Mind Blast or Mind Spike, all Shadow Orbs are consumed, each increasing the spell damage done.

Parola del Potere: Conforto, a level 45 talent, converts into in Shadow: Consumes your Shadow Word: Pain to deal 2482 to 2618 (+ 243% of SpellPower) Shadow damage to the target. Only usable while Shadow Word: Pain has less than 6 sec remaining.

is greatly reworked. It now costs to cast, scales with the amount of consumed, and is a shorter DoT.

Abbraccio Vampirico is now a 3 min cooldown instead of a passive buff. Fills you with the embrace of Shadow energy, causing you and your allies to be healed for 50% of any single-target Shadow spell damage you deal, split evenly between them. Lasts 15 sec.

Commenti

Commento di perianath

I dont feel like Divine Insight is usefull for Discipline since the chages to Rapture.

Commento di Adamsm

on 2012-09-14T14:46:13-05:00

Lol, nice hats.

Commento di Linkno1

on 2012-09-14T14:49:46-05:00

Pope hats?

And the glyph of confession kinda sucks aswell...why glyph it when I can read all the random phrases here if they don't actually have anything to do with the player you use them on?

Commento di Vyndal

on 2012-09-14T14:55:01-05:00

I really wish i could pvp :( Maybe it's time to learn. I LOVE the Malevolent set. WOW, just wow!

not a fav of the pve sets

Commento di Noxychu

on 2012-09-14T15:11:03-05:00

YYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYYY

Commento di h3lladvocate

on 2012-09-14T15:12:06-05:00

Your angelic feathers picture is REALLY old

Commento di Tenjen

on 2012-09-14T15:29:07-05:00

Holy Halo reminds me of when sauron exploded after Isildur cut off his ring <3

Commento di Clockw0rk

on 2012-09-14T15:55:37-05:00

That challenge mode set is .. friggin' incredible, IMO.

Wow. Too bad I'm a crappy priest. :(

Commento di Interest

on 2012-09-14T16:05:03-05:00

Now to wait until I can get that Confession glyph..

Commento di Taenamyr

on 2012-09-14T16:07:51-05:00

... yeay for transmog to hide more fugly priest gear > <

Commento di Zanpher

on 2012-09-14T18:59:41-05:00

Umm .. is Blizzard trolling it's users? The shoulders doesn't fit with the set, and for some reason the set has Coneheads instead of actual head gear ...

Commento di Fp3Luna

on 2012-09-14T23:25:38-05:00

I don't really find anything attractive about the new armor sets. I agree, thank goodness for transmog!

Commento di Interest

on 2012-09-14T23:57:48-05:00

Umm .. is Blizzard trolling it's users? The shoulders doesn't fit with the set, and for some reason the set has Coneheads instead of actual head gear ...

Most of these ones seem symmetrical at least.

Commento di Samaramon1

on 2012-09-15T01:48:40-05:00

Why do we get the worst gear :(

Commento di CaoimheX

on 2012-09-15T04:28:20-05:00

Why do we get the worst gear :(

Because we've had the best too.

Some of the cosmetic glyphs are really, really nice, but Glifo Carbonizzato is just a little bit pointless when they're only visible in combat, and that's when no-one is ever looking at your ravens. I'll be swapping that out for Glifo Carbonizzato instead, and spam my raid leader with it.

Commento di Interest

on 2012-09-15T06:55:45-05:00

Why do we get the worst gear :(

It's not THAT bad...except maybe the helms..

Commento di tessae

on 2012-09-15T09:26:13-05:00

... yeay for transmog to hide more fugly priest gear > <

This.

Buy the Silver-thread set or the Regal set to repair the insanity.

Commento di blackonyx71

on 2012-09-15T10:35:09-05:00

i don't think it's that "ugly" of a set, it's just a bit boring. could always use the bishop hat with some other xmog stuff

Commento di SgtFrog

on 2012-09-15T17:52:46-05:00

Dang, Power Infusion is self-cast only now. Goodbye making the tank into even more of a juggernaut that he already was. Well, as least I can scream "I..HAVE THE POWEEEER!" whenever I cast it.

Commento di cloudp

on 2012-09-15T18:58:31-05:00

Careful guys, the link from the home page that _should_ lead here to the Priest class preview is leading to the Blizzard Q&A.